THE LADY WHO DESIGNED THE PARAM VIR CHAKRA( PVC):
THE LADY WHO DESIGNED THE PARAM VIR CHAKRA. The Param Vir Chakra was designed by *Savitri Khanolkar, a Swiss national whose real name was "Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros" , married to an Indian Army officer, Vikram Ramji Khanolkar.In 1929, she met Vikram Khanolkar, a young Indian Army cadet undergoing training at Sandhurst, who had come to Switzerland for a break. She was still a teenager then; however, both fell in love although Vikram was much older than her.She came to India in 1932 and married Vikram in Lucknow. She changed her name to Savitri Bai after marriage. In spite of her European background she quickly adapted to Hindu tradition.She became a vegetarian, learnt to speak fluent Marathi, Hindi and Sanskrit. And also learnt Indian music, dance and painting. She called herself an European with an Indian soul, and never liked being called a foreigner. She had a deep interest in Hindu Puranas, which she read extensively, and also studied India's ancient history and its l...